Priority of Needs? An Informed Theory of Need-based Justice

This book develops an empirically informed normative theory of need-based justice, summarizing core findings of the DFG research group FOR2104 “Need-based Justice and Distributive Procedures”. In eleven chapters scholars from the fields of economics, political science, philosophy, psychology, and so...

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Other Authors: Kittel, Bernhard (Editor), Traub, Stefan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2024, 2024
Edition:1st ed. 2024
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Why Prioritize Needs?
  • Part I: Identification of Needs
  • Chapter 2. Need as One Distribution Principle: Frames and Framing
  • Chapter 3. Measuring Need-Based Justice—Empirically and Formally
  • Part II: Structures and Processes of the Recognition of Needs
  • Chapter 4. The Social Recognition of Needs
  • Chapter 5. The Political Recognition of Needs
  • Chapter 6. Deliberation and Need-Based Distribution
  • Part III: Welfare Consequences of Prioritizing Need-based Distributions
  • Chapter 7. Need-based Justice and Social Utility: A Preference Approach
  • Chapter 8. How Sustainable is Need-Based Redistribution?
  • Part IV Differentiation
  • Chapter 9. Need and Street-Level Bureaucracy. How Street-Level Bureaucrats Understand and Prioritize Need
  • Chapter 10. Justice Principles, Prioritization in the Health Care Sector, and the Effect of Framing
  • Chapter 11. Conclusion: Elements of a Theory of Need-Based Justice